I agree with you on all these questions—I really don't think Jaime's thought it out as much as we might hope. To him, I think it's just a way of fulfilling his obligation to Cat Stark as best he can, with the bonus of getting Brienne and Podrick out of King's Landing. They're on a merry and, as you see, mostly…

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Well, everyone knows Sansa has her Aunt Lysa in the Vale. That's as good a lead as any.

Both Jojen and Bran are Wargs, which means they have occasional visions of the past, present, and future, and also can possess animals. Bran is more powerful than Jojen, but his powers seem largely dormant at the moment. When Jojen has visions they're accompanied by seizures, and they seem to be taking their toll.

Roose sent his bastard Ramsay and Theon on a separate mission. Remember, the North is currently being overrun by Ironborn, Theon's people. No one can easily enter the North because its southernmost fortification, Moat Cailin, is being held by Ironborn, and Roose can't bring his forces home until that's taken care of.…

They were creating a parallel with Bobby and Don, I thought.

Yeah, Snow's buddy is the guy who took Jaime's hand. He's infiltrated the watch so he can learn from Jon where Bran and Rickon are.

They've been dormant for millennia, and only now have reared their heads to establish their territory. If they're not, at this moment, moving to destroy all life in the world as everyone seems to think they will, it's probably for a reason.

The Boltons have been given control of the North, but they need a lot more to legitimize their claim. With Bran and Rickon under their control, they could have a lasting claim on Winterfell and the Stark line.

Could've been about 10 during the Blackwater.

11, I think.

Ignoring wise counsel out of hand, immediately and publicly murdering the power base of a city. First steps towards victory!

Yes, legions upon legions. Thus the utter slaughter.

He's the guy who took Jaime's hand. He's working for the Boltons, trying to figure out where Bran and Rickon are.

Who're you confused about?

Season 2. They were marching to attack the Night's Watchmen stationed at the Fist, which is exactly what they did.

There's no reason to expect that Daenerys, a foreign entity with a foreign culture and little more than complete military superiority to support her, will have nothing but smooth sailing in her excursions.

Indeed!

We've never seen her before. The implication is that, as the only two black employees, they're constantly being confused for each other.

Who says they're not portraying as that? It's clearly a monstrous thing for Jaime to do.